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“Politically active women, those who did not follow a strict dress code, and women human rights
defenders
were increasingly at risk of abuse, including by armed groups and religious extremists,” Amnesty International said in its 2007 report.
That question has bedeviled
defenders
of democracy at least since the 2016 US presidential election.
If the system’s
defenders
truly seek to promote innovation, they should welcome it in their own backyard.
With the blurring of the old battle lines, politics is gradually being reshaped into a contest between advocates of open, globalized societies and
defenders
of inward-looking tribalism.
Defenders
of open societies must rally support for their ideas, uphold the values of the West, and prevent the preachers of populism from expanding the Angry Quarter.
When the guerrillas no longer controlled the ledgers, they could no longer claim to be
defenders
of the community’s rights.
The practical challenge comes from agriculture’s two advantages that insulate the rural sector from global market forces and turn even the most urbane, liberal politicians into its
defenders.
Domestic farmers are portrayed as irreplaceable
defenders
of the social fabric and traditional values.
But, while unilateral pressure can make a difference, the rule of law’s
defenders
must be willing to apply it convincingly.
The EU – which was not only founded on the rule of law, but is also among its most vocal
defenders
in its diplomatic relationships – should fill this role.
Defenders
of this practice insist that princelings are well educated and highly qualified.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, neoliberalism’s
defenders
promised that embracing market-based solutions would unleash economic growth, generating the proverbial rising tide that lifts all boats.
Countries and regions competing to attract corporate investment make weak negotiators and weak
defenders
of high labor standards.
Although some of Bush’s
defenders
try to credit him with the “Arab Spring” revolutions, the primary Arab participants reject such arguments.
Defenders
of the distinction often claim that the state should be neutral between competing moral ideals, but is such neutrality really possible?
And the international community must find ways to provide support, protection, and shelter to Russia’s endangered human rights
defenders.
The Fed’s
defenders
will respond that it would be dangerous to alter the status quo.
This does not, however, mean that Europe’s
defenders
should attempt to hijack the nationalists’ vocabulary to serve a pro-European agenda, as European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker did when he called for “European sovereignty” – whatever that is – in his recent state of the union address.
Too often, however, his is a lone voice; his fellow
defenders
of Europe nod quietly in agreement, but are unwilling to take political risks of their own.
Freedom and protest against any oppression must be defended, but both
defenders
and aggressors must agree about some common political will.
The ECB’s
defenders
would say that such an outcome is purely hypothetical – and irrelevant – for there is no conflict between stabilizing inflation and sustaining the appropriate level of economic activity.
Defenders
of Germany’s solar subsidies also claim that they have helped to create “green jobs”.
Defenders
of these production methods argue that they are a regrettable but necessary response to a growing population’s demand for food.
Defenders
of Chile’s current rightist government, pointing to ongoing economic growth and unemployment under 7%, have argued that there is no deep reason for discontent.
But at the moment, an atmosphere of impunity is emboldening those intent on silencing human rights defenders, journalists, and opposition leaders.
Today’s
defenders
of liberal democracy recognize that nothing can be taken for granted.
Climate-change foes have spent billions of dollars to influence policymakers, support election campaigns by
defenders
of fossil fuels, and defeat candidates who dare to promote clean energy.
As
defenders
of a non-exclusive, rights-based creed, liberals are compelled to meddle in the affairs of other countries whose policies don’t accord with liberal values.
Instead,
defenders
of the contemporary equivalent of “rollback” advocate attacking Iran because it is developing nuclear weapons.
Defenders
of the Bush doctrine claim that this is impossible when they operate out of failed states that cannot police their borders.
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